Reviews – December 2016/January 2017

30/11/2016 | Reform

A hero on trial

Sully Directed by Clint Eastwood Certificate 12a, 96 minutes Released on 2 December

On 15 January 2009, in New York City, a commercial passenger aircraft in trouble managed to land safely on the … Read More

20 Questions: Janina Ramirez

30/11/2016 | Reform 4

The historian and broadcaster Janina Ramirez gives 20 answers

When did you last pray? I pray all the time, but it’s more like an internal monologue and an inner search for spiritual direction, rather than an appeal for help. For … Read More

A good question: What does the Christmas Story mean?

30/11/2016 | Reform

One question, four answers

 

 

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These are extracts from the December 2016/January 2017 edition of Reform.

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Church without walls

30/11/2016 | Reform

Ruth Maxey moved to Milton Keynes in 2013 to pioneer a new kind of church. Three and a half years later, she leads a thriving worshipping community – and still has no church building

Recently at Talking Point, a weekly … Read More

Interview: Last stand

30/11/2016 | Reform

The pioneering environmental activist Bill McKibben talks to Stephen Tomkins

In 1989, when the media for the first time started to buzz with talk of global warming, the first book that educated non-scientists as to what the alarm was about … Read More

The benefits of grace

30/11/2016 | Reform

What if the UK benefits system did a better job – and embodied the Christian Gospel too? The economist Malcolm Torry introduces the radical proposals being considered for citizen’s basic income

Citizen’s basic income – also known as universal basic … Read More